Mon.Dec 05, 2022

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Are You Ready for a ‘Triple-Demic’ For the Holidays?

DRI Drive

Health officials are warning of a serious jump in COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity throughout the winter, reminding us that the pandemic hasn’t left us yet. What can your organization expect? The U.S. is seeing an unusually high increase in respiratory infections over the past few weeks, according to the Centers for […].

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The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF): Its Purpose, Components and How It Works

Unitrends

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation that has been underway for decades. Digital technologies and solutions have swiftly become the cornerstone of modern businesses, eliminating data silos, automating manual processes and enhancing operational efficiency. However, this swift transition to a digital world has also introduced organizations to an intimidating and ever-evolving cyberthreat landscape. […].

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Research Shows States Need to Budget More for Wildfires

Disaster Zone

You cannot base future cost projections on past expenditures.

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Getting Started with dbt

Advancing Analytics

What is dbt? dbt is an abbreviation for data build tools. It is primarily a SQL based transformation workflow, supported by yaml, to allow teams to collaborate on analytics code whilst implementing software engineering best practices like modularity, portability, CI/CD, testing, and documentation. dbt is available using a CLI in the form of dbt core, or as a paid-for SaaS product in the form of dbt cloud. dbt Core features a CLI for you to be able to create analytical models and tests, whereas d

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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4 Steps to Help Organizations Embrace Risk from Emerging Technology

Risk Management Monitor

As companies continue to navigate the changing work environment brought on by the pandemic, it has become clear that business leaders will need to get comfortable revising and adapting their strategies to deal with disruption brought on from new technologies and new regulation. As risk management professionals, these rapid changes have made our job more important than ever to our organizations.

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SIA Statement on Attacks at North Carolina Power Substations

Security Industry Association

The Dec. 3 incident in which gunfire damaged substations and cut off power to tens of thousands of North Carolina residents is a reminder that threats to critical energy infrastructure are a constant concern. The risk of cyber and physical attacks, including ones similar to what occurred this weekend, can be mitigated and vulnerabilities can be reduced by having appropriate training, programs and policies in place, and by adhering to NERC standards.

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How the insurance sector can help combat climate change with DX

Citrix

The insurance sector is intrinsically linked to and impacted by the environment. The more harm that’s done to the planet, the more the industry must underwrite. With every major natural disaster, the more the tide of risk rises. Climate change … The post How the insurance sector can help combat climate change with DX first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Galactic Advisors makes cybersecurity easy and understandable

Acronis

The Acronis #CyberFit Summit 2022 was the biggest event Acronis has ever held, with more than 1,500 attendees. Galactic Advisors was a Flagship sponsor, and while at the Summit, our own Manager of Service Provider Solutions, Jeff Hardy, took the opportunity to interview Bruce McCully, Galactic Advisors CSO and one of the nation’s leaders in network cybersecurity.

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SIA New Member Profile: Camio

Security Industry Association

Security Industry Association (SIA) member Camio is the search engine behind cost-effective video surveillance. It connects any camera to state-of-the-art machine learning to power modern video monitoring solutions with the efficiency and flexibility advantages of hybrid edge/cloud SaaS. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, and serves customers across 35 time zones.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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PagerDuty Giving Back to the Community: Helping Unhoused Families Find Dignity with Hygiene Kits by May Tong

PagerDuty

This blog was co-authored by Camden Louie, Technical Trainer for PDU and May Tong from Technology Ecosystem. This volunteer opportunity is dedicated in memory of Phylicia Jones (PJ). We will miss you. Thanks for always volunteering and giving back with PagerDuty. In October, more than 20 Dutonains came together in San Francisco to assemble 50+ hygiene kits for Compass Family Services.

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Fire Protection Research Foundation will host a free webinar on “Long COVID: A Unique Fire Service Perspective”

National Fire Protection Association

The Fire Protection Research Foundation will be hosting its final webinar of its 2022 Annual Webinar Series on Thursday, December 8 on “Long COVID: A Unique Fire Service Perspective”. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the national fire service, fire departments, and individual firefighters. While a huge number of individuals have experienced COVID-19 and are eager to “move on,” there is a significant number of individuals who continue to be plagued with unresolved symptoms—inclu

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5 Ways MSPs can help businesses achieve compliance

Online Computers

Businesses in regulated industries must ensure compliance with regulations to help them to protect their data, brand, customers, and employees. For instance, financial institutions must adhere to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, while healthcare facilities must meet the standards of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

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Attention students and faculty advisors: Fire Protection Research Foundation student projects are now available

National Fire Protection Association

The Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF) has an ongoing Student Project Initiative, with a goal to provide students an opportunity to work on projects that address timely issues of the fire protection and safety community. This is an announcement about FPRF’s available student projects for 2022. If there is a student (or a group of students) at an institution who is interested and a faculty member willing to supervise and be the principal investigator of the project, then we would proceed.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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What Is Operational Resilience? And How to Ensure Your Business Thrives

Alert Media

The post What Is Operational Resilience? And How to Ensure Your Business Thrives appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Crisis Management in Esports

Bernstein Crisis Management

Crisis Management in Esports. As the esports industry continues crossing into the mainstream it’s time for top orgs to make crisis management and crisis communications efforts a part of daily business. Esports, or competitive video gaming, is a 1.4 billion dollar market with forecasts showing it could easily reach nearly $2 billion by 2025. Whether you’re a gamer or not, it’s likely you’ve come across some extension of this universe – maybe through a family member w

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How ShareFile gives you a single point of access to all data sources

Citrix

Data fuels workforce productivity. But corporate data typically resides in disparate silos spread across on-premises networks and cloud repositories. Workers are forced to repeatedly disrupt daily workflows to gather information from this data sprawl — a time-consuming and inefficient activity … The post How ShareFile gives you a single point of access to all data sources first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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How ShareFile gives you a single point of access to all data sources

Citrix

Data fuels workforce productivity. But corporate data typically resides in disparate silos spread across on-premises networks and cloud repositories. Workers are forced to repeatedly disrupt daily workflows to gather information from this data sprawl — a time-consuming and inefficient activity … The post How ShareFile gives you a single point of access to all data sources first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha